Narratives and Vocabulary July 9 Flashcards
Break down the structural parts to a narrative
Setting + episode
Break down the structural parts to the setting
Person, place, time, conditions
Break down the structural components of the episode
Problem + internal response/attempt + consequences/outcome
Story grammar: Episodic Complexity
- Incomplete: no ending
- Abbreviated: no middle
- Complete: complication + internal response/attempt + consequences/outcome
- Elaborated: includes a variety of motivations, plans, attempts
- Interactive: episodes from multiple perspective
Pre-episodic narratives
Description: elements can be arranged
Action sequences: presents BME but no causality
Reaction sequence: causal links but not goal oriented
Cohesion
Types of cohesion
Conjunctions: then, however
Reference: learning when to say a person names vs pronoun
Lexical: vocabulary ex. Frog vs amphibian vs pet
Structural: tense agreement
What is story art
How the story is crafted
Or the magic or the story
Is the story entertaining? Does it sound good?
Examples of story art
Appendages: introductions, themes, codas
Orientation: giving names, roles and relationships, personality attributes
Evaluations: modifiers, expressions, repetition
What are the key elements of narrative intervention?
Repeated opportunities for skill learning
Intensity of instruction
Support of targeted skill
Explicit skill focus
What are three basic ways to analyze narrative structures?
Story grammar
Cohesion
Story art
Name four types of vocabulary
Listening: the words we hear and understand
Speaking: the words we use when we speak
Reading: the words we understand when we look at print
Writing: the words we write to convey a message
How many words do TD Grade ones have?
6000
By the end of grade 12 how many words do TD children have?
42000
Is most vocab learned directly or indirectly?
Indirect
What are the three ways children learn vocab?
Through daily conversations and oral language
By listening to adults read to them
By reading on their own
